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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Proverbs 14

Chapter 14

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

wise

24:3,4 31:10-31 Ruth 4:11

the foolish

9:13-15 19:13 21:9,19 1 Kings 16:31 21:24,25 2 Kings 11:1

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

that walketh

16:17 28:6 1 Kings 3:6 Job 1:1 28:28 Psalms 25:21 112:1 Ecclesiastes 12:13 Malachi 2:5,6 Acts 9:31 10:22,35

but

11:12 Job 12:4 Psalms 123:3,4 Luke 10:16 16:14 Romans 2:4,5 2 Timothy 3:2,3

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

the mouth

18:6 21:24 22:8 28:25 1 Samuel 2:3 Job 5:21 Psalms 12:3 31:18 52:1,2 Psalms 57:4 Daniel 7:20 James 3:5,6 2 Peter 2:18 Revelation 15:5,6

but

12:6 Romans 10:9,10 Revelation 3:10 12:11

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

clean

Amos 4:6

but

13:23 1 Corinthians 9:9-11

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

25 6:19 12:17 13:5 19:5,9 Exodus 20:16 23:1 1 Kings 21:13 22:12-14

A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

scorner

18:2 26:12 Isaiah 8:20 Jeremiah 8:9 Matthew 6:22,23 11:25-27 Romans 1:21-28 Romans 9:31,32 1 Corinthians 3:18,19 8:2 2 Peter 3:3-5

knowledge

8:9 17:24 Psalms 119:18,98-100 Matthew 13:11,12 James 1:5

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

9:6 13:20 19:27 1 Corinthians 5:11 Ephesians 5:11

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

wisdom

2:9 8:20 Psalms 111:10 119:5,34,35,73 143:8 Ephesians 5:17 Colossians 1:9,10 2 Timothy 3:15-17 James 3:13

folly

11:18 Jeremiah 13:20 *marg:; Luke 12:19,20 Ephesians 4:22 2 Timothy 3:13

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

Fools

1:22 10:23 26:18,19 30:20 Job 15:16 34:7-9 Jude 1:18

among

3:4 8:35 12:2 13:15 Romans 14:17,18

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

heart

15:13 18:14 1 Samuel 1:10 2 Kings 4:27 Job 6:2-4 7:11 9:18 10:1 Ezekiel 3:14 Mark 14:33,34 John 12:27

his, etc

Heb. the bitterness of his soul.

Genesis 42:21

and

Psalms 25:14 John 14:18,23 Philippians 4:7 1 Peter 1:8 Revelation 2:17

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

house

3:33 12:7 21:12 Job 8:15 15:34 18:14,15,21 20:26-28 21:28 Job 27:13-23 Zechariah 5:4 Matthew 7:26,27

the tabernacle

11:28 21:20 Job 8:6 Psalms 112:2,3 128:3 Isaiah 58:11,12

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

12:15 16:25 30:12 Matthew 7:13,14 Luke 13:24 Romans 6:21 Galatians 6:3 Ephesians 5:6 James 1:22

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

5:4 Ecclesiastes 2:2,10,11 7:5,6 11:9 Luke 16:25 James 4:9 Revelation 18:7,8

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

backslider

1:32 Jeremiah 2:19 8:5 17:5 Hosea 4:16 Zephaniah 1:6 Hebrews 3:12 2 Peter 2:20-22

filled

1:31 12:14 Ezekiel 22:31

a good

10 John 4:14 2 Corinthians 1:12 Galatians 6:4,8

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

simple

4:26 22:3 27:12 Romans 16:18,19 Ephesians 4:14 5:17 1 John 4:1

the prudent

8 Amos 5:13 Acts 13:7

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

feareth

3:7 16:6,17 22:3 Genesis 33:9 42:18 Nehemiah 5:15 Job 31:21-23 Psalms 119:120 1 Thessalonians 5:22

the fool

7:22 28:14 29:9 1 Kings 19:2 20:10,11,18 Ecclesiastes 10:13 Mark 6:17-19,24,25 John 9:40

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

that

29 12:16 15:18 16:32 22:24 29:22 Ecclesiastes 7:9 James 1:19

a man

6:18 12:2 Esther 3:6 7:5,6 Isaiah 32:7 Jeremiah 5:26-29

The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

inherit

3:35 11:29 Jeremiah 16:19 44:17 Matthew 23:29-32 1 Peter 1:18

the prudent

4:7-9 11:30 Daniel 12:3 2 Timothy 4:8 1 Peter 5:4

The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Genesis 42:6 43:28 Exodus 8:8 9:27,28 11:8 2 Kings 3:12 Esther 7:7,8 Psalms 49:14 Isaiah 60:14 Micah 7:9,10,16,17 Malachi 4:3 Acts 16:39 Revelation 3:9

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

poor

10:15 19:7 Job 6:21-23 19:13,14 30:10

but

19:4,6 Esther 3:2 5:10,11

the rich hath many friends

Heb. many are the lovers of the rich.

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

that despiseth

11:12 17:5 18:3 Job 31:13-15 35:5,6 Psalms 22:24 Luke 18:9 James 2:5,6,14-16

he that hath

31 11:24,25 19:17 28:27 Psalms 41:1,2 112:5,9 Ecclesiastes 11:1,2 Isaiah 58:7-12 Daniel 4:27 Matthew 25:34-46 Luke 6:30-36 Acts 20:35 Hebrews 6:12 1 John 3:17-22

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

err

17 12:2 Isaiah 32:7,8

but

Genesis 24:27 Psalms 25:10 61:7 Matthew 5:7 John 1:17

devise

19:22 2 Chronicles 6:8

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

all

12:24 28:19 John 6:27 Hebrews 6:10,11

but

10:10 Ecclesiastes 5:3 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 1 Timothy 5:13

The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

crown

Psalms 112:9 Ecclesiastes 7:11,12 Isaiah 33:6 Luke 16:9

foolishness

27:22 Psalms 49:10-13 Luke 12:19,20 16:19-25

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

5 Acts 20:21,26,27 26:16-20 1 Timothy 4:1-3 2 Peter 3:3

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

fear

3:7,8,25,26 19:23 Genesis 31:42 Psalms 34:7-11 112:1,6-8 115:13,14 Ecclesiastes 7:18 Malachi 3:16-18 4:2 Acts 9:31

his

18:10 Isaiah 26:20,21 Jeremiah 15:11 32:39,40

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

a fountain

13:14 Isaiah 33:6 Revelation 21:6

to

2:10-18 22:5 Psalms 18:5 Ecclesiastes 7:26

In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Exodus 1:12,22 1 Kings 4:20,21 20:27 2 Kings 10:32,33 13:7

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

slow

17 15:18 16:32 Numbers 12:3 Matthew 11:29 1 Corinthians 13:4,5 James 1:19 3:17,18

but

22:24,25 25:8,28 Ecclesiastes 7:9 Daniel 3:19-25 Matthew 2:16

hasty

Heb. short. exalteth.

4:8 Ecclesiastes 10:6

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

sound

4:23 Psalms 119:80 2 Timothy 1:7

envy

Job 5:2 Psalms 112:10 Acts 7:9 Romans 1:29 James 4:5

rottenness

3:8 12:4 17:22

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

that oppresseth

17:5 22:2,16,22,23 Job 31:13-16 Psalms 12:5 Ecclesiastes 5:8 Matthew 25:40-46

but

21 19:17 Matthew 25:40 John 12:8 2 Corinthians 8:7-9 1 John 3:17-21 4:21

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

driven

Job 18:18 27:20-22 Psalms 58:9 Daniel 5:26-30 John 8:21,24 Romans 9:22 1 Thessalonians 5:3

the righteous

Genesis 49:18 Job 13:15 19:25-27 Psalms 23:4 37:37 Luke 2:29 1 Corinthians 15:55-58 2 Corinthians 1:9 5:8 Philippians 1:21,23 2 Timothy 4:18 Revelation 14:13

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

12:16,23 13:16 15:2,28 29:11 Ecclesiastes 10:3

Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

Righteousness

Deuteronomy 4:6-8 28:1-14 Judges 2:6-14 Jeremiah 2:2-25 Hosea 13:1

but

Deuteronomy 28:15-68 29:18-28 Psalms 107:34 Ezekiel 16:1-63 22:1-23

any people

Heb. nations.

The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

king's

19:12,13 20:8,26 22:11 25:5 29:12 Psalms 101:4-8 Matthew 24:45-51 Luke 12:42-48

him

10:5 17:2 19:26